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SUNFLOWER GOLD

PassengerPassenger shipJapan

Position 3 h agoSource: AISStream.ioFree for any use

Identity

Name
SUNFLOWER GOLD
MMSI
431000331
IMO number
9376335
Call sign
JD2460
Flag state
Japan (MID 431)
Station type
Ship station

Classification & hull

AIS type code
60
Type
Passenger ship
Category
Passenger
Length overall
166 m
Beam
28 m
Draught
6.1 m

Length is the sum of the two AIS reference-point dimensions fore and aft; beam is the sum of the port and starboard pair. Both come from the vessel's own static report.

Voyage & motion

Destination
JP OIP
ETA
Not reported
Navigational status
Under way using engine
Speed over ground
21.1 kn
Course over ground
221°
True heading
221°

Destination, ETA and navigational status are typed in on the bridge, not measured. Speed, course and heading come from the vessel's instruments.

Last known position

Latitude
34° 4.059' N
Longitude
132° 47.644' E
Decimal
34.06765, 132.79406
Received
3 h ago
Reported by ship
Not reported
Source feed
AISStream.io

This is the latest position our store holds, not a live fix. The vessel has been free to move for the whole of the age shown above.

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Only one position is held for this vessel, so no track can be drawn.

Nearby

Other vessels near this one

Everything else our snapshot holds within 25 nm of SUNFLOWER GOLD's last known position, straight-line distance and true bearing — not a route either vessel is following.

VesselTypeDistanceBearing from SUNFLOWER GOLD
IZUMIPassenger ship0.3 nm78° ENE
PANSTAR MIRACLEPassenger ship1.0 nm55° NE
FERRY OSAKA IIPassenger ship1.0 nm204° SSW
GAO XIN 66Cargo ship1.1 nm53° NE
TOKU MARU NO.31Cargo ship1.2 nm53° NE
HOKUSHO MARUCargo ship1.3 nm70° ENE
FERRY KYOTOPassenger ship1.3 nm224° SW
DAIHATSU MARU2Other type, no additional information1.4 nm37° NE
TOYO SHINECargo ship2.1 nm47° NE
SUMIWAKAMARU NO.7Cargo ship2.2 nm20° NNE
TALENT STARTanker2.3 nm65° ENE
28 WAKA MARUCargo ship2.9 nm50° NE
TIDE VANTAGECargo ship, carrying category A hazardous cargo3.0 nm62° ENE
MIDORICargo ship3.1 nm44° NE
RISUN16Cargo ship3.3 nm51° NE

Ranked by great-circle distance from SUNFLOWER GOLD's last known fix, both taken from the same snapshot moment. Neither vessel has necessarily stayed put since — see the age shown above for how stale each position may be. Also available as JSON: /api/nearby.

What this data means

Reading this record

Everything above comes from two different AIS transmissions. Position, speed, course and heading arrive in message 1, 2 or 3, broadcast every few seconds while under way — that is why the position age above can be very small. Name, MMSI, IMO number, call sign, type and dimensions arrive in a separate static report — message 5 for a Class A transponder, message 24 for Class B — sent only around once every six minutes. A vessel can therefore show a fresh position with an old or missing static report, or the reverse.

Nothing here is estimated, interpolated, or carried over from a previous ship at the same MMSI. Where the vessel did not transmit a field, or transmitted a value the standard defines as "not available", we print “Not reported” rather than guess.

Data for this page comes from AISStream.io under Free for any use. Field meanings are explained in the reference guides. Nothing on this page is derived, estimated or filled in — where a field is empty, we print “Not reported”.